The Washington Redskins have launched an internal investigation after 15 former female employees and two journalists who covered the team accused team staffers of sexual harassment and verbal abuse. It was the shocking story that finally came down on Thursday that we heard all week about.
The Washington Post obtained screenshots of text messages in which Richard Mann II — the team’s assistant director of pro personnel — made inappropriate, sexual comments to a female employee. Mann was fired in the past week. Larry Michael, the team’s former senior vice president of content and play-by-play announcer, retired before sh*t truly hit the fan and it was exposed that he was talking about the attractiveness of a college intern in 2018 when he was being recorded for a team video.
Owner Dan Snyder and former team president Bruce Allen were not directly implicated in the sexual harassment allegations brought by the female employees and reported by the Post.
On Friday morning, Snyder released a statement and condemned the actions that happened with his franchise and promised to do better.
